The daredevil told how he was terrified that he would pass out as the historic descent spun beyond his control

Daredevil Felix Baumgartner yesterday revealed his supersonic freefall to earth was not all plain sailing – in fact it was a real squeaky Baum time.

Speaking for the first time about his 228,000-feet leap, the daredevil told how he was terrified that he would pass out as the historic descent spun beyond his control.

“In that situation, when you spin around, it’s like Hell,” he said.

“It was really brutal at times. I thought for a few seconds that I’d lose consciousness. You don’t know if you can get out of that spin or not.

“Of course it was terrifying. I was fighting all the way down because I knew that there must be a moment where I can handle it.”

Now that the record breaker is safely back on terra firma, he is set to swap his spacesuit for a morning suit – and finally marry his long-suffering girlfriend.

After becoming the first man to break the sound barrier in a skydive from the edge of space on Sunday, Felix popped the question to gorgeous Nicole Oetl, a close friend revealed.

More than eight million people logged on to the internet to see Felix edge out on the platform of his capsule before jumping into 24 miles of fresh air.

The 43-year-old Austrian skydiver broke three world records – fastest freefall at 833mph, highest freefall and highest manned balloon flight – before landing safely in the desert of New Mexico after his death-defying 4.20-minute.

Nicole was there at Mission Control, along with his mother Eva, to meet him.

He had put off the marriage proposal until he was certain he would be alive to honour it.